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As an independent review of the National Pest Management Plan for TB finds the goal of complete eradication by 2055 is still valide, feedback is being sought on how to finish the job.

The move to bring bovine TB testing in-house at Ospri officially started this month, as a team of 37 skilled and experienced technicians begin work with the disease eradication agency.

New Zealand's TBfree programme has made great progress in reducing the impact of the disease on livestock herds, but there’s still a long way to go, according to Beef+Lamb NZ.

OSPRI will carry out on-farm TB testing, following AsureQuality's decision not to renew their contract.

TB differential slaughter levy rates are changing with dairy animals paying $12.25/head, an increase of 75c from next month.

Herds in the West Coast settlement of Hari Hari are TB free after a four-year battle to get on top of the area's last outbreak.

In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, OSPRI says it is taking a pragmatic approach to TB testing in the Hawke’s Bay Movement Control Area (MCA).

Peter McNab has been involved with TB Free for more than 30 years and was a key driver and supporter of the programme through the times when bovine TB was present in many herds in Otago. After 33 years on the Otago OSPRI Committee he has stepped down. Here is his story.

Farmers are now paying a smaller TB slaughter levy.

When you hear the word epidemiologist these days you might think of the experts who are figuring out how to tackle Covid-19.